By Matt Woods
All the planets are in the night sky this month if you go outside and look to the east at 6 am. Mercury can be found very low in the morning sky throughout June in the constellation of Taurus (The Bull). It will reach its greatest elongation in the East on Thursday the 16th of June, and it’ll begin to make its way back towards the Sun before disappearing into the Sun’s glare at the end of the month. Venus is up from Mercury in the early morning sky through June. Venus will start June in the constellation of Cetus (The Sea-Monster), before moving into the constellation of Taurus by the end of the month. Mars is located in June in the constellation of Pisces (The Fish) in the morning sky between Jupiter and Saturn. Jupiter can be in the constellation of Pisces throughout June above Mars, and Saturn leads the alignment of the planets and can be found in the constellation of Capricornus (The Sea-Goat) throughout June. Uranus can still be found in the early morning in the constellation of Aries (The Ram) above Venus. Neptune is located in the constellation of Pisces, just up from Jupiter.
The planets in alignment on the 15/06/22 at 06:00 am (AWST)
Mercury’s greatest elongation in the East on the evening of the 16/06/2022
Alignments, Conjunctions, And Occultations: Conjunctions involve object(s) in the Solar System and/or more distant objects, such as a star. It’s an apparent phenomenon in which multiple objects which aren’t close together appear close in the sky and it’s caused by the observer’s perspective. An occultation is an event that occurs when one object is hidden by another object that passes between it and the observer.
The Moon, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn on the 20/06/22 at 6 am (AWST)
The Moon, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn on the 24/06/22 at 6 am (AWST)
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